Hello everyone! Today I am starting a new public blog for my artwork. This is my very first post! In the past few weeks I have "revived" earlier works I've done since my early, creative days. I will attempt to incorporate those recent Facebook posts here in the blog as well! For today though, I will share some text (written today) for Perfect Unification.
Media: Gouache on Hot Press Crescent Board
Size: 39.5" x 39.5"
Original's Price: $1,300
Available Format(s): Original Framed Piece, Giclée Prints (3 sizes)
Giclée Prints: Please contact Charles directly for prices and sizes
Price: $1,300 for the framed original
Price: $1,100 for the framed original WITH a small 1" corner crack in it's glass
Year of Completion: 1997
Perfection is a subject which can have many opinions, stories and
connotations -- some positive -- some negative. When I completed the
'Perfect Unification' design, still without a title in mind, I began to add
color to what clearly would have "4-part" symmetry. Interestingly, I began
to see what appeared to be a "wind tunnel" and/or something which looked
like "ribbons" influenced by the flow of wind much like those you could
imagine attached to the front of an air conditioner.
While pondering this structural similarity found in our physical world, I
also was attempting to "integrate" some abstract ideas relating to
'perfection,' but not necessarily strictly in terms of the symmetric design
itself. I could see there was a "flow" of some kind. This 'flow' appeared
to originate at four unique centers. On further observation, I could not
help but see the four "perfect" squares were themselves part of a greater
whole.
Whenever I see "a larger picture" constructed with unifying "parts," I also
often see and think of common attributes found in our relationship within
the "greater" Universe. We are incredibly small "atomically" in comparison
to a vast and infinite arrangement of greater atomic structures. Physically
we are all of and from the same material. But what is flow all about? Is
there power in that wind? What more than visually unifies this painting's
design with its wind? Is there some common analogy we can attribute to the "art" of the Universe's design? And, if it does in fact exist, what is it's True nature?
I chose Perfect Unification as a title for this work because it seemed to
address these greater questions. And, upon completion, I began to see the
wind more in terms of its power, its balanced, radiating direction, and for
its beauty, both artistically as well as Universally -- quite literally.
-- Written November 23, 2025
